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 I^S THE ARTS This section of Every Woman's Encyclopedia tells what woman has done in the arts ; how j she may study them, and how she may attain success in them. Authoritative writers will I contribute articles on : Art Music Literature Art Education in England Musical Education Famous Books by Women Art Education Abroad Studying A broad Famow; Poems by Women Scholarships. Exhibitions Musical Scholarships Tales from the Classics Modern Illustration Practical Notes on the Choice Stories of Famous Women The A mateur A rtist of Instruments Writers Decorative Art The Musical Education of The Lives of Women Poets, Applied Arts, etc. Children, etc. etc., etc. TIII£ LADY ART tfTUDENT IN PARIS By GLADYS BEATTIE CROZIER T o study art in Paris is, as a rule, a girl artist's highest ambition, and the change which has gradually but unmistakably crept over student life there during the last few years is probably t/aceable to the influx of English and Ameiican maidens with their genuine enthusiasm and feeling for art. The Quartier Latin, as known to the immortal Trilby and her famous trio of companions, v/ith its picturesque, tumble- down, vine-covered cafes crowded with curiously attired students of either sex and every nationality, seems practically to have ceased to exist. Trilby's prototype, clad in a duplicate of the historic regimental tunic, brass buttons, and with bare feet, would probably attract as much undesirable notice from the gamins of " Mont Parnasse," in the heart of the Quartier, to-day, as she would if she were to take a stroll at noon down Oxford Street or the Strand. Picturesque rags are no longer to the fore, and now one meets no more exciting vision ♦ban an occasional shock of unkempt hair, the cherished possession of some Polish art student, a riotous yellow necktie, or a well-dressed but sandal-shod individual vvhose bare feet consort somewhat quaintly with clothes of English cut, and a high white linen collar. In fact, as a young English artist has remarked, "it is no longer good form amongst the students to be unconventional." The young English girl who succeeds in completing her artistic training in the congenial atmosphere of Paris, and in spending a couple of years at one of the famous ateliers, engaged in systematic hard work under the immediate supervision of the first artists of the day, is fortunate indeed. The expense of a feminine art student's life is inconsiderable. The best obtainable artistic tuition is cheap in Paris, and ;^ioo a year with economy, £150 with comfort, and ^200 with luxury, can be made to cover all expenses. Every girl seeker after art or novelty, visiting Paris for the first time, will doubtless decide to make her headquarters at one of the reliable pensions in the Quartier, within easy reach of the atelier which she has decided to join — at least, for a time, and until she has gained sufficient personal knowledge of her companions and surround- ings to make other plans. Of these pensions, the Villa des Dames, in the Rue Notre Dame des Champs, is one of the most comfortable, though rather expensive, for a room, with good food and attendance, costs from £1 i6s. to ;^2 8s. a week. At the Franco-English Guild, No. 6, Rue de la Sorbonne, all information may be obtained by intending students regarding the neigh- bouring art schools and studios. It is through the lady secretary of the guild that I can give tw^o further addresses of residential homes, run by the Young Women's Christian Association, where ladies are made extremely comfortable — one at 5, Rue de Turin, and one at 93, Boulevard St. Michel. Here young girls studying alone in Paris would be quite safe and in good hands. Many mothers prefer that their young daughters should not go alone to classes, and lady chaperons in charge of pupils are admitted to all the ateliers. The list of schools of art is a long one. I append the scale of fees at the famous Academic Julien, which is a very repre- sentative one.